After attending the Winter CHA Show in Anaheim, CA, I came away most impressed with the new selection of colors and textures in yarn. Lion Brand Yarn has new super textural yarns in beautiful colors.
I attended the Winter Craft & Hobby Show yesterday to do a couple of book signings for Locking Loops, and look at the latest offerings in crafts and supplies. I was most excited about the yarn and some new fibers I found for locker hooking. I’m looking forward to trying a new super-bulky bouclé from Lion Brand called Silky Twist. I’ll report on my results in a follow-on post. Below are some colorful and textural inspirations.
The Lion Brand Yarn booth also had some great costumes on display including this felted leaves design in ivory.
The Lion Brand Yarn booth had beautiful displays including walls of yarn like the one below.
Super yarn cozy for a tree at the Caron Yarn and Bernat booths.
A Kindle cover design by Theresa Pulido that is locker hooked and stitched with new “ruched frames” technique featured in “Locking Loops” book, and using hand painted fabric, mohair yarn and batik fabric strips.
I’ve grown attached to my Kindle. I take it everywhere. So it was time to locker hook and stitch a protective cover. Stay tuned for free patterns and an instructional video on Color Crazy for making Kindle covers. You can design them to fit any Kindle–even the new Kindle Fire.
I’m always inspired by beautiful color combinations and this was certainly the case with my new Kindle cover design below. I bought a beautiful piece of fabric that is batik, but actually hand painted. The fabric colors are rich and layer beautifully. To preserve the look I used my new “ruched frames” technique that I think enhanced this layered look. Once I finished this one, I had to finish one I started last year. The second design uses a free form design with vibrant fuchsias and velvety chocolate petals. I used the Color Crazy Winter Berries Sari Strips to make the “ruched frame” for this one.
This Petals Kindle Cover uses chocolaty velvet strips for the petals with the “ruched frames” technique. The closures for both came easily–a vintage button for the first, with wood beads (I’d had these for ages!) and colorful beads for the second one. So glad I finished both of these. Now on to the next project…a new iPad cover design.
Sometimes there isn’t enough time to finish crafting a gift. When you’ve reached a deadline for producing a gift, an easy thing to do is buy a book that your friend or loved one will treasure and tie it to create a beautiful wrap. You can take some shimmery ribbons, fabric strips, string or yarn [...]
Sometimes there isn’t enough time to finish crafting a gift. When you’ve reached a deadline for producing a gift, an easy thing to do is buy a book that your friend or loved one will treasure and tie it to create a beautiful wrap. You can take some shimmery ribbons, fabric strips, string or yarn in vibrant colors and even add a couple of beads to create a unique wrap. Below I wrapped a book with recycled Color Crazy Sari Ribbons and added some metallic yarn with a couple of shimmering beads for a nice accent.
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